(a) LEAs are authorized to develop before or after school programs in collaboration with 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations that may provide assistance in selecting and appointing qualified volunteers for the programs.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-2-135

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The programs authorized in subsection (a) must focus on kindergarten through grade three (K-3) before or after school activities designed to improve student achievement in the academic subjects of reading, math, science, social studies, and fine arts.
(c) Any 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation recognized under this section must meet all applicable rules of the state board of education and the policies and procedures of the LEA in which the corporation’s volunteers are assisting and ensure the volunteers undergo criminal history record checks and otherwise meet all of the requirements of § 49-5-413.
(d) An LEA must approve a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation to assist in the LEA’s schools before the corporation’s volunteers may begin assisting students in a school.
(e) An LEA that develops a program in accordance with this section has the authority to remove the recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation or any of the corporation’s volunteers from the program.
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